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states his opinion in accordance with the opinion of that tanna, as it is taught in a baraita: All the meal offerings where one increased the measure of their loaves or where one decreased the measure of their loaves are nevertheless fit, except for the 12 loaves of the shewbread and the 12 loaves o
§ Rav Huna says: With regard to an oven-baked meal offering that one baked as only one loaf, although he did not bring the mandated quantity, he has fulfilled his obligation. What is the reason? It is that the verse states with regard to the oven-baked meal offering: “And when you bring a meal of
Rav Pappa objects to this derivation: The reason Rav Huna gives is that it is written in the singular form of matzat. But if it were written: Matzot, would this not be the halakha? But what about the verse concerning the loaves of the thanks offering, where it is written “matzot” with a vav, indica
Mishnah: The omer offering, i.e., the measure of barley brought as a communal offering on the 16th of Nisan, would come from a tenth of an ephah of flour sifted from 3 se’a of barley. The two loaves would come from two-tenths of an ephah of flour sifted from 3 se’a of wheat. The shewbread would co
Talmud: The Talmud asks: What is the reason that according to the Mishnah, the relatively large amount of 3 se’a of barley is necessary to yield a single tenth of an ephah of flour for the omer offering? The Talmud answers: Since it comes from the fresh new crop, which contains a large amount of re